2nd World Wide Open Longsword Championship 2010

(with Special Sections: Rapier Tournament and Women’s Tournament)

 

Registration Open from now on !

I. Dates:

This event will take place in the last week of July 2010,

starting on the evening of Saturday 24th July 2010 and

finishing on the evening of Saturday 31st July 2010.

 

Schedule

Saturday 24^th July 2010

From 15.00 Arrival

From 18.00 Open Ceremony in 16^th Century Castle

Sunday 25^th July 2010

11:00 – 22:00 Workshops, Lectures, Demonstrations

Monday 26^th July 2010

10:30 – 22:00 Workshops, Lectures, Demonstrations

Tuesday 27^th July 2010

10:30 – 22:00 Workshops, Lectures, Demonstrations

Wednesday 28^th July 2010

10:30 – 12:30 Workshops, Lectures, Demonstrations

14:00 – 16:00 Arrival of participants for Tournaments and time for sparring and

preparation for the tournament or just relaxing and seeing things in the area.

16:30 – 18:30 Prize Playing

20:00 – 22:00 Judges Meeting

Thursday 29th July 2010

10:00 – 19:00 Tournaments

Friday 30th July 2010

09:00 – 16:30 Tournaments

16:30 – 19:00 Instructors Tournament

Saturday 31st July 2010

09:00 – 13:00 Tournaments

14:00 – 16:00 Finals

18:30 – 22:00 Restaurant with Banquet with Prize Giving Ceremony

Sunday 1st August 2010

Breakfast & Departure

 

Workshops:

The Workshops are limited to 100 people in order to be able to operate with fairly small workshops. Each workshop is 2 hours long, we hope to run 3 workshops parallel for each time slot, giving 9 workshops per day except for Wednesday, when there is only one time slot in the morning. Therefore every participant can take part in three workshops per day from a choice of 9 every full day. So with only one choice on Wednesday participants can attend a total of 10 Workshops from Sunday to Wednesday. Three workshops per day will be at the mercy of the weather though we do have a small room spare just in case, which is good for dagger and wrestling workshops.

So far we have the confirmation of the following instructors:

Instructors:

1. Harry Winter, Austria, German Dagger
2. Alwin Goethals (provisionally), Belgium
3. Dave Rawlings, England, German Longsword, I.33
4. Phil Marhall, England, Rapier
5. Caroline Stewart, England, Rapier
6. Colin Richards, England/ Germany, Liberi Wrestling, Dagger, Longsword; I.33, Viking Sword and Shield
7. Stefan Roth, Germany, Test Cutting, German Longsword
8. Hans Heim, Germany, Langes Messer
9. Alexander Neppl & Thomas Howe, Germany, German Longsword, Spear, Armoured Combat
10. Fabrice Cognot, France
11. Philippe Willaume, France, Ringek Longsword & Wrestling
12. Jeff Tsay, USA, German Longsword
13. Jake Norwood, USA, German Longsword, Langes Messer.
14. Scott Brown, USA,German Longsword & I.33 Sword & Buckler

This list will be completed in the next weeks

1. Tournament:

   The Tournament is limited to 100 people. Every participant can take part in the Longsword or Rapier Tournament. The Longsword tournament will be exclusively executed with nylon swords, provided by us. We will also provide a major part of the safety equipment for all participants to ensure a high standard of safety protection.

   For the Rapier competition you can bring your own weapon and safety equipment, though we reserve the right to check your equipment and weapon before you fight.

   The tournament will take place over three days. There will be three arenas using a ladder system or a small group system. The fights are judged by three judges, assisted by a time keeper and a score keeper. We will have a team of approximately 18 judges plus a head judge. These Judges are chosen carefully for their knowledge of period martial arts and their impartiality. Last year the judges performed superbly, there were no complaints that we are aware of.

   All Tournaments will take place from Thursday – Sunday. Those who want to warm up for the tournament can take part in the Prize Playing on Wednesday late afternoon.

    

    

   Prizes:

   Longsword Tournament:

   1^st Placed: 250,00 Euro

   2^nd Placed 100,00 Euro

   3^rd Placed  50,00 Euro

   Rapier Tournament:

   1^st Placed Rapier 100,00 Euro

   2^nd Placed Rapier 25,00 Euro

   3^rd Placed Rapier 25,00 Euro

   Women`s Longsword Tournament:

   1^st Placed  100,00 Euro

   We have only 100 places for the workshops and 100 places for the tournament so if you want to secure your place, be quick in signing. We had over 100 people signed up last year! We have had many enquires from all over the world since the last events. So register soon !!

    

2. Accommodation:

   For Free:

   On site camping, please bring your own tent and bedding.

   Sleeping in the sports hall, please bring your own bedding.

   Washing facilities in the sports hall for your person though not for clothes.

   Toilets in the sports hall.

   Special Price in a Hotel:

   We got 10 spare places in a local hotel, where all the instructors and judges will stay (Hotel Berghof, Auf der Mede 14, 31552 Apelern) for the special price of

   22,00 Euro per night per person in a double room or

   35,00 Euro per night per person in a single room

   Other Hotels and Hostels (not included in the price):

   If you want to stay more comfortable, you are free to organise your own accommodation. We recommend the following hotels and hostels:

   Hotel in Apelern/ about 5 minute walk to the sports hall

   Hotel Zum alten Friederich

   Am Markt 5

   31552 Apelern

   phone +49(5043)2210

   Hotels in the Region ( about 7-20 minutes car drive)

   Grandhotel Esplanade (Bad Nenndorf) http://www.parkhotel-badnenndorf.de/...

   Hotel Tallymann (Bad Nenndorf) http://www.hotel-tallymann.de/...

   Hotel Wille mit Café-Restaurant Culinarium (Bad Nenndorf) http://www.gasthaus-wille.de.vu/...

   Waldrestaurant und Hotel Mooshütte (Bad Nenndorf) http://www.mooshuette.de/...

   Hotel Sülbecker Krug (Nienstädt) http://www.suelbeckerkrug.de/...

   Hostel (about 25 minutes car drive)

   JBF-Centrum, Auf dem Bückeberg 2, 31683 Obernkirchen, Tel: 05724 1553

   E-Mail: jbf-centrum@web.de

   http://www.schaumburg.de/page/page_ID/388?PHPSESSID=5e2f26945413fd531bc3d06f1c7856d4

    

   Holiday Flats for Families

   Please contact us directly.

    

    

3. Food & Drinks:

Opening Evening, Saturday 24^th July 2010

The Opening evening is held in a 16^th century castle where we will have an official opening ceremony. Food and Drinks are offered for good prices. All participants and friends must buy these as normal and are not included in the price for the tournament or workshops.

Food during the Event Sunday 25^th July – Sunday 1^st August 2010

Food will be available on site for those who wish for only 15,00 Euro per person per day including:

• Breakfast Buffet

We provide a Breakfast Buffet from 8.00 till 10.00 every morning. Guests who stay at the hotel will join us for breakfast on site. The Breakfast contains Rolls and Bread with a Variety of Cheese, Meat, Sausage, Spreads, Jams, Nutella, Boiled Eggs, Fruit, Cornflakes, Müsli, Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate.

• Lunch Snack

We provide a light snack at lunch time that allows you to keep training or sparring afterwards. J

• Dinner

For dinner we provide a choice of two warm meals, one vegetarian dish and one dish with meat.

The only exception is the Banquet with Prize Giving Ceremony, Saturday 31^st July 2010, see below.

Don’t like the food?

When staying on site for 8 days you might have one or two meals out of 16 that you might not like. We try our best to offer a good variety of dishes, but we know that we are not able to please everybody all the time. We hope that you understand that we won’t be able to refund a meal in that case. Nevertheless we will offer alternatives and extra food on site, that you can purchase in these exceptional cases:

Extras

Lunch: Sandwiches and Rolls for those who do not like the lunch at reasonable prices.

Afternoon Cafeteria: Cake, Coffee, Tea, and Sweets

Evening: Grilled Sausages and Steaks plus bread.

Alcohol free drinks

Alcohol free cool drinks are available throughout the day, all at very reasonable prices.

Evening Bar

There is a bar open at the evenings, which offers alcohol free drinks as well as light and dark beer, all at very reasonable prices. We mean reasonable ask people from last year!

Everything on site that you will ever need……………….

Ask someone who was here last time to learn what a great atmosphere it was because every day we ate and drank together, in fact everything is on site that you will ever need…. (we mean "need to survive", just in case someone tries to be clever!!).

Banquet with Prize Giving Ceremony, Saturday 31^st July 2010

All people who take part in the tournament are welcome to join the Banquet with the prize giving Ceremony on the last night, Saturday, 31^st July in a very atmospheric Restaurant called "Grünspan". We had a three course Buffet last year, which was a feast! Next year will be different but it will be awesome as well - be surprised! The Restaurant however is not included in the fee and costs an extra of 25,00 Euro per person plus drinks must be bought on the night! It is limited on 100 people plus Judges & Helpers!

 

 

1. Tickets and Prices:

If you want to take part in either the competitions or the tournaments or both you need to buy a Ticket Card from our website www.ArtsOfMarsBooks.com.

We have got a very simple booking system. You pick all the options that you want, whether you just want to take part in the workshops or the tournament or both with or without food, restaurant, hotel and if you want to bring your partner and then follow through to the Check Out as if buying a normal product from our shop.

This ticket card allows access to the event. This Ticket Card must be brought to the championships regardless of which part you are participating in. and you will receive your welcome package, which includes a FREE T-shirt and various other goodies!

There is a discount on all bookings before December 31st 2009.

• Ticket A

Valid: Sat 24thJuly - Wed.28th July, Workshops

Special Price for participants who register till 31st. Dec 2009!

Instead 110,00 EUR

only 99,00 EUR

You save 10 % / 11,00 EUR

• Ticket B

Valid: Thu 29th July - Sun 1st August 2010, Tournaments

Special Price for participants who register till 31st. Dec 2009!

instead 130,00 EUR

only from 117,00 EUR

you save 10 % / 13,00 EUR

• Ticket C

  Valid: Sat 24thJuly - Sun 1st August 2010, Workshops & Tournaments

  Special Price for participants who register till 31st. Dec 2009!

  instead 170,00 EUR

  only from 153,00 EUR

  you save 10 % / 17,00 EUR

1. Rules and Safety:

On our website www.ArtsofMarsbooks.com you will find in the Download Section various information for the championship, like the schedule, maps, and so on. They will be frequently updated.

The ticket for the workshops and tournaments is only valid in combination with a signed form about the "Conditions of Use and Agreement to the Rules of the 2nd World Wide Open Championship 2010." This agreement form can be downloaded from this site under "Downloads" and has to be sent back to us by e-mail to:

championship@artsofmars.com

or by post to:

Arts of Mars, Sandra Richards, Zum Bruchfeld 2, 31552 Apelern, Germany

The Rules will be finalised sometime in March 2010. We are looking into using a version of Dave Rawlings suggestions posted on Sword Forum International and Scholar Gladitoria Forum, or a version of Matt Galas and Scott Browns rules not yet posted, though we hope they will be soon!

If you got any questions please e-mail us at:

championship@artsofmars.com

Further information will be released soon.

Best regards

Sandra & Colin Richards